UCLA Computer Science 132, Winter 2007.
Compiler Construction

Course objective: Provide a thorough elementary coverage of compiler theory and design, using a careful balance between basic principles and specific techniques.

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Instructor: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>, Boelter 4532J. Office hours are Mondays 13:00–14:00 and Wednesdays 14:00–15:00.

Teaching assistant: David Jurgens <jurgens@cs.ucla.edu>, Boelter 4428. Office hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 13:00–14:00.

Lecture, 4 hours; discussion, 2 hours; outside study, 6 hours.

Prerequisites: Computer Science 32, 131, 181.

Compiler structure; lexical and syntactic analysis; semantic analysis and code generation; theory of parsing. Letter grading.

Related IEEE/ACM Computing Curricula 2001 (CC2001) bodies of knowledge:

• PL2. Virtual machines
• PL3. Introduction to language translation
• PL8. Language translation systems

Related IEEE/ACM Software Engineering 2004 (SE2004) bodies of knowledge:

• CMP.ct.7 State-based and table driven construction techniques
• CMP.ct.9 Grammar-based input processing (parsing)
• FND.mf.7 Finite State Machines, regular expressions
• FND.mf.8 Grammars